It comes as Poppi's mother called for prosecutors to re-examine the case following Monday's ruling, which mirrored two fact-finding judgments by a High Court family judge in 2014 and 2016 that Paul Worthington abused his daughter shortly before her death.

Mr Roberts said the toddler suffocated as she slept next to her father in an "unsafe sleeping environment", and ruled out penetration as the cause of death.

Mr Worthington, 50, has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any offence following a botched police investigation.

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